Lawrence Ferlinghetti is the founder of City Lights Publishing Co. and City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco. He is a guiding voice of the “Beat Generation.” A few of his many books include Starting from San Francisco, Her, and Coney Island of the Mind. He attended UNC Chapel Hill, loves Wolfe and Sandburg, and now returns to North Carolina in this special issue.
J. W. Bonner Jack Hirschman Kathryn Stripling Byer Emöke Z. B’Racz Al Maginnes Keith Flynn Thomas Rain Crowe William Matthews Jeffery Beam Patrick Bizzaro Welsh Janice Moore Fuller Russian Stella Vinitchi Radulescu Lyn Lifshin Phebe Davidson Emmanuel Moses Michael Harper Gearóid Mac Lochlainn Essay Simon Perchik Dede Wilson Rene Char Thomas P. Feeny Patricia Smith Jonathan Williams Spanish Luke Hankins Ron Rash Quincy Troupe Gaylord Brewer Marilyn Hacker Robert Bly Review R. T. Smith Ryan G. Van Cleave Robert Creeley Hungarian Eugenio Montale Lee Ann Brown Marilyn Kallet Sally Buckner Bill Knott Jonathan Greene Newton Smith